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I am getting the following tool tip in AndroidManifest.xml:
App is not indexable by Google Search; consider adding at least one Activity with an ACTION-VIEW intent-filler. See issue explanation for more details.
Adds deep links to get your app into the Google index, to get installs and traffic to your app from Google Search.
Can anyone explain why it is so?
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An intent is an object that can hold the os or other app activity and its data in uri form.It is started using startActivity(intent-obj).. \n whereas IntentFilter can fetch activity information on os or other app activities.
An intent allows you to start an activity in another app by describing a simple action you'd like to perform (such as "view a map" or "take a picture") in an Intent object.
If it fails to match even one of them, the Android system won't deliver the intent to the component. However, because a component may have multiple intent filters, an intent that does not pass through one of a component's filters might make it through on another filter.
Android Intent is the message that is passed between components such as activities, content providers, broadcast receivers, services etc. It is generally used with startActivity() method to invoke activity, broadcast receivers etc. The dictionary meaning of intent is intention or purpose.
From official documentation :
To enable Google to crawl your app content and allow users to enter your app from search results, you must add intent filters for the relevant activities in your app manifest. These intent filters allow deep linking to the content in any of your activities. For example, the user might click on a deep link to view a page within a shopping app that describes a product offering that the user is searching for.
Using this link Enabling Deep Links for App Content you'll see how to use it.
And using this Test Your App Indexing Implementation how to test it.
The following XML snippet shows how you might specify an intent filter in your manifest for deep linking.
<activity android:name="com.example.android.GizmosActivity" android:label="@string/title_gizmos" > <intent-filter android:label="@string/filter_title_viewgizmos"> <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" /> <!-- Accepts URIs that begin with "http://www.example.com/gizmos” --> <data android:scheme="http" android:host="www.example.com" android:pathPrefix="/gizmos" /> <!-- note that the leading "/" is required for pathPrefix--> <!-- Accepts URIs that begin with "example://gizmos” --> <data android:scheme="example" android:host="gizmos" /> </intent-filter> </activity> To test via Android Debug Bridge
$ adb shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d <URI> <PACKAGE> $ adb shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "example://gizmos" com.example.android If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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